Abstract

Bilayered multiferroicnanocompositefilms of preferentially oriented (PZT) and (CFO) were prepared on general substrate via a simple solution processing. Different annealing processings resulted in different preferential orientations for the PZT layers in the bilayered thin films, on which the dependence of properties, including ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and magnetoelectric properties, in the PZT-CFOnanocompositethin films was investigated. Strong ferroelectric and ferromagnetic responses and, in particular, direct magnetoelectric coupling effect were simultaneously observed in these bilayered thin films at room temperature.